DC’s Drafthouse Comedy completely closes simply because of pandemic

D.C. comedy club Drafthouse Comedy in the downtown area has shut completely owing to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic constraints.

“Under present-day circumstances with COVID-19 limitations in Washington, D.C., we are not lawfully authorized to operate the business,” the organization said in an email to patrons. “The stress of ongoing enterprise obligations — specially lease, utilities, licenses and insurance policies — has been way too difficult to go on operations.”

The proprietors have achieved an settlement with the landlord in D.C., and have mutually agreed to close the area, it explained.

Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse opened Drafthouse Comedy at 1100 13th St. in Northwest D.C. four years in the past.

Cinema & Drafthouse, a restaurant and bar that hosts are living comedy displays, as effectively as movies, in a 1930s theater on Columbia Pike in Arlington continues to be open with limited capacity.

Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse opened in 1985.

Like WTOP on Facebook and comply with @WTOP on Twitter to interact in discussion about this post and other people.

Get breaking news and day by day headlines sent to your email inbox by signing up right here.

© 2020 WTOP. All Legal rights Reserved. This web-site is not intended for consumers situated within the European Financial Space.